I write this letter to respond to a personal attack made by Lauren Kurtz against me in the Feb. 12 edition. In it she seeks to read more into my letter than was there, and condemn me and my views as childish.

If Ms. Kurtz truly believes that I expect congratulations from her or anyone she is mistaken. I wrote my letter purely as a response to the argument that African-Americans have not been mistreated in this country.

Ms. Kurtz alleges that I made that into a contest between Jews and African-Americans to see who suffered more. Nowhere in my letter did I say that African-Americans have suffered more than Jews.

To say such is a misnomer, for when we look at the persectuion of varius races, the removal of bias is extremely difficult. I think perhaps the title of the letter which was chosen by The Northern Star’s editors caused this misinterpretation of my letter.

Further Ms. Kurtz, I am not proud of the suffering inflicted on mine or any other people. I am sickened and disgusted at the severity at which one human being can cause pain to another.

Also, I need no one to tell me to be proud of the accomplishments of my people; I have been and always will be.

In her conclusion, Ms. Kurtz says that I referred to the suffering of the Jewish people as “absurd.” The only reference to the word absurd in my letter is my refute of Mr. Crumbaugh’s claim. Perhaps it would do you well to take some courses on reading comprehension, Ms. Kurtz.

Ms. Kurtz seeks to namecall about a letter which she obviously did not read well and would do well to examine her own “childish view.”

Torrick A. Ward

Freshman

Pre-Business